For Which of the Following Situations Would a Repeated-Measures Design

question 45

Multiple Choice

For which of the following situations would a repeated-measures design have the maximum advantage over an independent-measures design?

• A)When many subjects are available and individual differences are small
• B)When very few subjects are available and individual differences are small
• C)When many subjects are available and individual differences are large
• D)When very few subjects are available and individual differences are large

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Definitions:

Reinforcement Contingencies

Conditions in which the delivery of rewards or punishments are contingent upon a specific behavior, used to increase or decrease the likelihood of that behavior's occurrence.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by successively reinforcing behaviors that approximate the target behavior.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A type of learning where a new stimulus becomes associated with an already conditioned stimulus, resulting in the same conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.